Become an insurance pricing Pathfinder™.
Smart, curious, and good with numbers?
Pathfinders™ is a paid, ten-week route into insurance pricing with FlarePeople, followed by a real analyst role at a UK insurer. No insurance experience needed. We teach you the tools, the techniques and the way pricing people think, then put you in a team where your work matters from the first week.
It is built for people starting out, people coming back after a break, and people who want to change direction. What they have in common is the aptitude for pricing and the attitude to make the most of it.
What you get as a Pathfinder™.
Ten weeks of paid training
A salary from day one of the Academy, and the course itself is fully funded. You are not paying to learn.
Taught by practising pricing experts
People who build and run pricing models for UK insurers now, not trainers reading from slides.
No insurance experience needed
We select for aptitude and attitude: numeracy, curiosity, the ability to learn fast and explain clearly.
A real role at a UK insurer
After the Academy you join a pricing team as a junior pricing analyst on an initial contract, typically 24 months.
Mentoring and career coaching throughout
Regular check-ins, a mentor from the FlarePeople team and a community of other Pathfinders.
Online, with some in-person days
Online modules, live training and webinars with the pricing team, plus some in-person days to meet the team and your fellow Pathfinders.
Smart minds. Fresh starts. Big futures. Is this your pathway?
Choose your pathway.
Three ways in. Different starting points, the same Academy and the same destination: a pricing analyst role at a UK insurer.
Graduates and early careers
Ambitious STEM graduates and early-career professionals with a passion for data, problem-solving and learning fast. Any numerate degree counts; we teach the insurance part.
You already have the raw potential. We shape it into pricing expertise through hands-on training and real work in a real pricing team, with a salary from day one.
Ex-armed forces
Veterans and service leavers who want to bring their discipline, structure and analytical thinking into a new career.
Your transferable skills suit high-stakes, logic-driven work like pricing and analytics. We help you make the move, with a structured route into a civilian career that has real prospects.
Career returners and changers
Professionals coming back after a career break, or ready to change direction, with mid-career skills and life experience that count for a lot.
Your story isn't over. With support, flexibility and upskilling you can succeed in pricing and make an immediate impact, without starting again from the bottom.
Training built and delivered by insurance pricing experts.
A structured, intensive ten-week programme led by practising pricing experts: online modules, exercises, case studies and presentations, with in-person days to meet the team and your fellow Pathfinders. Parts of it are tailored to the insurer you will be joining, so you arrive ready for their tools and their way of working.
What the Pathfinders™ programme covers.
Our indicative schedule
- Weeks 1 and 2
Insurance fundamentals
How insurance worksIntroduction, foundations and the main product lines, and getting to know the team.
- Weeks 3 and 4
Data science and analytics
Everyday analyst toolsData and data pipelines: getting it in, cleaning it and asking it the right questions.
- Weeks 5 and 6
Pricing modules and methods
The heart of the AcademyPricing systems, modelling and GBM, worked through on realistic pricing data.
- Weeks 7 and 8
Pricing software and tools
What you'll use day to dayThe common pricing tools, including Radar, and how rate changes are deployed and tested.
- Weeks 9 and 10
Business acumen and soft skills
Analysis into influenceCommunication, insurance financial metrics and a case study you present to the team.
What's covered
- Introduction to insurance
- Insurance foundations
- Product modules: personal, commercial, specialty
- Getting to know the team and your fellow Pathfinders
What's covered
- Data module
- Data pipelines module
- SQL, Python and MI in practice
- Live training and webinars with the pricing team
What's covered
- Introduction to pricing systems
- Modelling module: GLMs, segmentation, monitoring
- GBM module
- Practical exercises on realistic data
What's covered
- Common pricing tools module
- Deployment and testing module
- Hands-on practice with the tools
What's covered
- Communication for pricing analysts
- Insurance financial metrics
- Case study
- Soft skills and presenting your work
Delivered online through modules, live training and webinars, with some in-person days. Then a real pricing role.
Your career in insurance pricing starts here
Send us your details and your CV. We review applications against the places in our next Academy, and if you are a good fit we will be in touch about the next step.
Questions people ask before applying.
Do I need insurance or pricing experience to become a Pathfinder?
No. Pathfinders are selected for aptitude and attitude, not experience: numeracy, problem solving, learning agility, communication and the motivation to build a career in insurance pricing. The 10-week Academy teaches the insurance and pricing part. If you have a numerate degree, a forces background or a career you want to return to or change, you are the kind of person we are looking for.
Is the Pathfinders Academy paid?
Yes. Pathfinders are paid a salary from the start of the Academy, and the training itself is fully funded. After the ten weeks you move into a paid pricing role at a UK insurer.
How is the Academy delivered, and where?
Online, through modules you work through at your own pace, live training and webinars with the pricing team, with some in-person days as well. The schedule flexes from one Academy to the next, so if you are invited to the next stage the team will explain how yours will run.
What happens after the ten weeks?
You join a UK insurer's pricing team as a junior pricing analyst on an initial contract, typically 24 months, with FlarePeople mentoring and check-ins throughout. The work is real from the first week: MI and analytics, model refresh and monitoring, rate deployment support or transformation projects, depending on the team. At the end of the contract the insurer can take you on permanently.
How do I apply?
Register your interest with your details and your CV. We review applications against the places in our next Academy, and if your profile is a good fit we will be in touch to invite you to an assessment centre day that tests numeracy, learning agility, communication and motivation. Pass that and you have a place in the next Academy. We get a lot of interest, so we cannot reply to everyone individually. The FAQs for Pathfinders answer most questions in the meantime.